If you are interested in studying abroad, make sure to join one of the Faculty’s info sessions in October or March, send the orientation form to the Faculty’s International Office (outgoing@science.leidenuniv.nl) and read the student reports on our blackboard course ‘Study & Internship Abroad - Faculty of Science’.

When?

If you want to follow courses, we advise you to follow courses abroad as part of your BSc minor or during your 2nd MSc year. MSc Mathematics students are specific advised to study abroad during term 2 of their 1st MSc year. For a research project abroad, your 2nd MSc research project will probably be most suitable.

If you are not sure which time suits best to go abroad, please discuss this with your study advisor.

Where: courses (exchange)

If you want to follow courses abroad, you can choose among the different partner universities with which the faculty or university has a so-called 'exchange agreement'. As an exchange student, you will have the advantage that you will not have to pay the tuition fees of the university abroad and you can use the credits for your curriculum here in Leiden.

To decide where to study, you need to check which partner universities are offering courses in your study area of interest. Thereby check the teaching language of the exchange university as some universities may ask to prove your proficiency in a specific language.

Where: research project or internship

If you want to go abroad to follow a research project or internship, you are not limited to the list of exchange partner universities . You can take your research project at an university, but also at another organisation or company.